1. |
Our Crash
06:14
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Our Crash
(Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, with Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jones, Malley, Sherwood, Smith)
Doug Erickson: Intro & Outro FX Guitar
Don Falcone: Keyboards, Electronic Drums, Distant Backing Vocals
Jack Gold-Molina: Acoustic Drums
Nigel Mazlyn Jones: Lead Vocals
Matt Malley: Bass Guitar
Billy Sherwood: Guitar Solos
Judge Smith: Backing Vocals
Your world, my world, let’s collide
Who’s the tin can, who’s the orange?
Peel away — and there we are
We’re dressed and ready for a new year
I’ve got a take on an incoming ship
A two-man crew and they’re going to die
One piece at a time at the go-in rate
It’s Code Blue and on-the-fly
They’re kind of young,
so let’s give them time
To play with speed, to play with space
A miracle here or a bad dream there
To keep hope dangling in their face
This is the rehash, like late night
For people like us,
who hit the first deadline
This is the crash, like snakebite
For people like us who still need a lifeline
I’ve got a stake in this flying mass
And what’s left of this two-man crew
They come with treasures
from their past
They come with baggage of their
futures too
They bring change to my life at last
And not just to my planet’s face
They bring a path for me to cast
Into their sea, into their space . . .
I’ve got an update on our dying bird
It’s first rate and bearing a flame
A sign of the times and lives to come
One light to see through,
to the next frame
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2. |
I Have Two Names
04:12
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I Have Two Names
(Lyrics: Falcone;
Music: Falcone, with Ellis, Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jeter, Malley, Sherwood)
Kev Ellis: Lead Vocals
Doug Erickson: Guitar Pads & Riffs
Don Falcone: Keyboards, Electronic Percussion
Jack Gold-Molina: Cymbals, Djembe
Jerry Jeter: Cavernous Backing Vocals
Matt Malley: Bass Guitar
Billy Sherwood: Guitar Solos
I have two names, I have two names
I give two names, I give two names
(in peace or in war)
Step from the light to disappear
So I can see all that’s near
I want to know just for myself
That I can be . . . without your help
I have two names, I have two names
(seem ready for more)
I give two names, I give two names
(in peace or in war)
I show my face, I’ve got no hood
I’ll always be one open book
I hear your words and I reply
So you can know just who am I
I hear your words, I will reply
I hear your words, I will reply
I’ll let you know
I have two names, I have two names
I give two names, I give two names
(in peace or in war)
I hear your words, I will reply
I hear your words, I will reply
I’ll let you know . . .
I have two names — Hawk and Hunter
I have two names
— Hawk and Hunter
I give two names
— Hawk and Hunter
I give two names
— Hawk and Hunter
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3. |
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JigSawMan Flies A JigSawShip
(Lyrics: Falcone;
Music: Falcone, with Carsten, Christmas, Everling, Jeter, Verdeaux, York)
Nat Carsten: Checkers & Backgammon
with Drumsticks, Glasses & Plate with
Knife, Compressed Air Can with Pen Cap
Keith Christmas: Lead Vocals, Guitar
Detlev Everling: Horn
Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Drums, Backing Vocals
Jerry Jeter: Backing Vocals
Cyrille Verdeaux: Piano
Steve York: Bass Guitar
JigSawMan flies a JigSawShip
Living away in his JigSawHouse
JigSawMan flies a JigSawShip
Living away in his JigSawHouse
Laid, laid out . . . on a desert canvas
Far, far out . . . on a Fool’s planet
Far, far out . . . on a foolish planet
All made up, made from scratch
Pieces that fall, fall from the sky
JigSawMan serves JigSawWine
To wash away the Supper Time
JigSawMan speaks JigSawLines
To wash away the Supper Time
Laid, laid out . . . on a desert canvas
Far, far out . . . on a Fool’s planet
Far, far out . . . on a foolish planet
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4. |
Live Forever
04:45
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Live Forever*
(Lyrics: Falcone;
Music: Falcone, with Clare, Ellis, MacKenzie, Sharpstrings, Smith, Wishart)
Michael Clare: Bass
Kev Ellis: Lead Male Vocals
Don Falcone: Keys, “This is a ship” Voice
Emma MacKenzie: Female Vocals
Steffe Sharpstrings: Guitars
Scotty Smith: Acoustic Drums
Bridget Wishart: EWI (Synths)
*Mixed by Danny Caccavo
They dress me up
With a uniform
Saying if you can get
From point A to point C . . .
You can live, live, live, live,
Live Forever!
They’re taking off
With me onboard
That should come as no surprise
When you’re the first to believe . . .
You can live, live, live, live,
Live Forever!
This is a ship in space
And the creatures inside . . .
We are the same
We have eyes, we have hearts
We have weapons
And we have biological clocks!
They pen me in
With a line to cross
Saying if you can keep yourself
Out of the way . . .
You can live, live, live, live,
Live Forever!
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5. |
My Life Of Voices
06:23
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My Life Of Voices
(Lyrics: Tracy Williams;
Music: Falcone & Williams, with Abuladze, Davey, Ellis, Pustelnik)
Igor Abuladze: Guitars
Alan Davey: Bass
Kev Ellis: Lead Vocals
Don Falcone: Keys
Ken Pustelnik: Acoustic Drums
Still I hear voices
Voices in my head
Do they want to drown me?
Make me crazy
My hands clenched together
The blood flowing through my hands
And into my head
I think my head wants to explode
I think my head wants to explode
Is it just a nightmare?
Or is it real? (I don’t know . . . )
I’m looking back
I’m looking forward in time
I’m looking back
I’m looking forward in time
So unclear to me
It’s all a haze to me
Black phase to me
Still I hear voices
Voices in my head
Do they want to drown me?
Make me crazy
Well, it’s dark and I can’t tell
If it’s day or night outside
I’m in the corner of my room
Huddled in the corner of my room
I’m looking back . . .
Still I hear voices
Voices in my head
Do they want to drown me?
Make me crazy
Head aches, full of pressure
Of the blood flowing
Through my veins
And into my head
My clenched hands
Will feel the pain
Of digging nails
Of digging nails
Still I hear voices
Voices in my head
Do they want to drown me?
Or make me crazy?
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6. |
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Let’s All Go Cloud Puffing
(Music: Falcone, Hayles, Neri, Pavli, Thrasher, Wishart)
Don Falcone: Electronic Drums
Paul Hayles: Synths
Giorgio Neri: Dulcimer, Guitars
Pete Pavli: Bass
Larry Thrasher: Tabla
Bridget Wishart EWI Synths (Space Pads)
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7. |
Stellar Kingdom
04:12
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Stellar Kingdom
(Lyrics: verses & chorus by Karen Anderson,
“This could be the moment” section by Falcone;
Music: K. Anderson, with Carsten, Everling, Falcone, Jeter, Malley, Smith, Verdeaux, Wishart )
Karen Anderson: Rhythm Guitar
Nat Carsten: Egg Shaker, Snare Drum
Detlev Everling: Horns
Don Falcone: Keys, Electronic Drums
Jerry Jeter: Rain Stick, Tambourine
Matt Malley: Bass Guitar
Judge Smith: Vocals
Cyrille Verdeaux: Piano
Bridget Wishart EWI (English Horn)
More than 5,000 years to go
So much expansion
Three empires rise and fall
So many wars
You couldn’t count them all
The Special place for a Fortunate few
You couldn’t live there if you wanted to
A Diamond floating in a velvet pool
Bright and shiny like a shimmering jewel
Earth, the home world delights
Big City is so bright
Where the old gods are forsaken
And the Rulers are never mistaken
Triads slice the world in two
Flora springs up from anew
Tween the cracks the oceans run wild
Blue sky, engineered so mild
People-moving on machines
Floating roads and Robots clean
Shuttles scurry in the Big City
‘Scrapers shine for the Fortunate pretty
Earth, the home world delights
Big City is so bright
Where the old gods are forsaken
And the Rulers are never mistaken
“This could the moment
This could be the moment
This could be for sure . . .
Something stirs my memory
I think I’ve been here before
Because something stirs
my memory . . .”
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8. |
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Spaceships At The Starting Line
(Words: Maloney;
Music: Falcone, with B. MacKenzie, E. MacKenzie, McDowell, Turner)
Don Falcone: Keys
Bert MacKenzie: Male Voice
Emma MacKenzie: Female Voice
Pierce McDowell: Bass Guitar
Nik Turner: Saxes
Let the race begin!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, zero.
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9. |
We Move You
07:14
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We Move You
Lyrics: Falcone
Music: Falcone, with Ellis, Kopecky, Sears, Tausig, Turner)
Robert Berry: Lead Vocals
John Ellis: Rhythm & Surf Guitars
Don Falcone: Organ, Piano, Lead Synth, Strings
William Kopecky: Bass Guitar
Paul Sears: Acoustic Drums*
*Engineer: Joshua Medina
Jay Tausig: Acoustic Guitar, Space Guitars, Guitar Solo @ 4:00, Bubble Synths
Nik Turner: Saxes
Cloak your dreams and no one sees
You’ve got a key to a destiny
Mask your heart and no one gets hurt
Still your chance at eternity
(So still your chance)
But run the race we run and we’ll know you
That line you take away may fool you
Take care, and good speed, may kill you
When you do these things, we move you
It’s no vacation, it is permanent
You are what you wear,
and you’ll be wearing it soon
You are what you feel,
and you’ll be feeling it too
You are what you see,
and you’ll be seeing it soon
You are what you hear,
and you’ll be hearing it too
When you do these things, we move you
It is not prepared, it’s an experiment
You are what you . . .
Cloak your dreams and no one sees
You’ve got a key to a destiny
Mask your heart and no one gets hurt
So still our chance . . .
Run the race we run and we will know you
That line you take away, it may fool you
Take care, and good speed, may kill you . . .
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10. |
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Tripping With The Royal Family
(Title: Falcone; Lyrics: Roger Neville-Neil;
Music: Falcone, with Davey, Golfetti, Sears, Smith)
Alan Davey: Bass
Don Falcone: Keys, Electronic Percussion
Fabio Golfetti: Guitars
Paul Sears: Acoustic Drums
Judge Smith: Lead & Backing Vocals
It's time to unwind . . .
Take a slow sip of the wine . . .
Unlocking the mind is the key
Echo three-two-three
Is the holo-babe for thee
'Cos you're tripping
With the royal family
Ooh . . . tripping with the whole family
Cruising through dimensions
Stepping out — out of time
Hero of invention
Lurking deep — in your mind
It’s time to unwind . . .
See the black monolith
(Emperor, Sleepwalking, Bonhomie)
The temptress likes her sin
(Empress, Venus, on cloud nine)
She’s sensual, she grinds
Another slow-ship of the wine
'Cos you're tripping . . .
It's time to unwind . . . Flashing to Mars
It’s time to unwind . . .
How long can you live?
This life that they give!
Xara will guide
She’s . . . wanting to embrace
Holy blood flows blue
When it’s traveling through space
'Cos you're tripping . . .
Cruising through dimensions
Stepping out — out of time
Hero of invention
Lurking deep — in your mind
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11. |
Xara’s Poem
02:48
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Xara’s Poem
(Lyrics: Mack Maloney;
Music: K. Anderson, with Bole, Davey, Falcone, MacKenzie)
Karen Anderson: Guitar Strums, Background Vocals
Andy Bole: Gliss & Tremolo Spy Guitars
Alan Davey: Bass
Don Falcone: Keys, Electronic Drums
Emma MacKenzie: Lead Vocals
It might take you a million years
To find out what you need
That’s fine with me . . .
We both have nothing but Time
I’ll await your return and your touch
And, even if it means
those million years
That’s fine with me . . .
We both have nothing but Time
I will be . . . I’ll be waiting
I’ll be waiting . . . I will be . . .
For Those Who
Are Searching
[Lyrics: Maloney]
“thousands of years . . . To the
place from which few could go
beyond . . . a house of light . . . ”
“Where does one put a lighthouse
but on the most distant part of the
most distant shore?
But this was a lighthouse that
points its beam inward.
Looking not for lost vessels
or scattered ships,
but lost and scattered souls.”
“You will meet the people
and they will be like you.
They will talk like you.
They will have your name.
And, in your eyes,
you will know them immediately”
“Hurry Home,
for they are expecting you.”
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12. |
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For Those Who Are Searching
(Lyrics: Mack Maloney;
Music: Falcone, with D. Anderson, Bailey, Wileman, Wishart)
Dave Anderson: Bass
Ileesha Bailey: Choir Vocals
Don Falcone: Keys
Richard Wileman: Guitars
Bridget Wishart: Lead Vocals
“thousands of years . . . To the
place from which few could go
beyond . . . a house of light . . . ”
“Where does one put a lighthouse
but on the most distant part of the
most distant shore?
But this was a lighthouse that
points its beam inward.
Looking not for lost vessels
or scattered ships,
but lost and scattered souls.”
“You will meet the people
and they will be like you.
They will talk like you.
They will have your name.
And, in your eyes,
you will know them immediately”
“Hurry Home,
for they are expecting you.”
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13. |
Rolling Out
03:27
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Rolling Out
(Music: Falcone, with McDowell, Poulin, Pustelnik, Verdeaux)
Don Falcone: Organs
Pierce McDowell: Bass Guitar
Mark Poulin; Electric Guitars
Ken Pustelnik: Acoustic Drums
Cyrile Verdeaux: Synth Solos
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14. |
Angel Full Of Pity
04:56
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Angel Full Of Pity
(Lyrics: Falcone;
Music: Falcone, Sam Herzberg, & Tracy Williams, with K. Anderson, Ellis, Gold-Molina, Malley, Poulin)
Karen Anderson: Backing Vocals
Kev Ellis: Lead Vocals, Harmonica
Don Falcone: Keys, Rattlesnake Sound Eggs
Jack Gold-Molina: Acoustic Drums
Matt Malley: Bass Guitar
Mark Poulin; Electric Guitars
This is the earliest part of the day
Where it's easy to slide from me to you
This is the coolest part of the sun
Where it's easy
to sway from me to you
Well, I'm riding over the city
Like an angel full of pity
Please see me through
Please rid me of this pity
It was just a setback
But now . . . I'm on fire
If everything seems upside down
It's because we've loosened the chains
If everything keeps coming around
It's because we hold to the reins
But now I'm feeling so much better
My line of sight
is so much better
I'm riding over the city
Like an angel full of pity
Please see me through
Please rid me of this pity
It was just a setback
But now . . . I’m on fire
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15. |
Right On The Mark
04:46
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Right On The Mark
(Lyrics: Falcone;
Music: Falcone, with K. Anderson, Jeter, Richards, Rule, Sears, Wishart, York)
Karen Anderson: Backing Vocals
Don Falcone: Synths, Organ, Piano
Jerry Jeter: Backing Vocals
Jerry Richards: Guitars
Cyndee Lee Rule: Violin
Paul Sears: Acoustic Drums
Bridget Wishart: Lead Vocals
Steve York: Bass
When you finally take to fighting
instead of talking
I see you less
And I see it in the lightning
your eyes are frightening
hold back distress
And you start to speak in whispers
Giving answers, I won’t recall
You're right, right, right on the mark
I'm in too far, I’m in too far
And we start to meet in spaces
where there are traces
and that is all
Then you circle for a moment
slow movement, around the wall
And I never move a muscle
Thought escaping, as you start to pull
You're right, right, right on the mark
I'm in too far, I’m in too far
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16. |
This Time, This Space
05:20
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This Time, This Space
(Lyrics: Falcone;
Music: Falcone, with D. Anderson, Bailey, Carsten, Jeter, Wileman, Wishart)
Dave Anderson: Bass Guitar
Ileesha Bailey: Female Vocals, Choir
Nat Carsten: Djembe, Monkey Drum, Turtle Kalimba
Don Falcone: Keys, Lead Vocals, Electronic Percussion, “Wine Bottle” Tap
Jerry Jeter: Backing Vocals
Richard Wileman: Guitars
Bridget Wishart EWI (Bowed Double Bass, Oboe, Trumpet, Cello)
I didn't expect to see you . . .
. . . in this time, in this space
(You are trapped in the time,
where you are born!
So strapped in the time,
where you are reborn!)
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17. |
So Strong Is Desire
05:28
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So Strong Is Desire*
(Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone & Tracy Williams, with Alder, Allen, Anderson, Clare, Neri, Smith)
Daevid Allen: Male Vocals
Karen Anderson: Female Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Michael Clare: Bass
Don Falcone: Organ
Giorgio Neri: Electric Guitars
Scotty Smith: Acoustic Drums
Twink: Tambourine
*Mixed by Danny Caccavo
I hear you, though your whispers barely there
Speaking within my dreams
We’re too many miles apart
I write to you, expressing the way I feel
But words on a paper just
Lose their appeal
We’re too many miles apart
Too many times forgot . . .
There’s a pain within my heart
Burns like a flame within my heart
Each day I yearn for you
Well, my fire burns for you
So Strong is Desire
So Strong is My Fire
So Strong . . . so wrong . . .
I touch you, I touch you for the last time
Now I reach out my arms to hold you
Embracing only the cold air
We’re too many miles apart
Too many times forgot . . .
Well there’s a pain in my heart . . .
I still remember, something about you
Oh I remember, something about you
The look in your eyes
The touch of your skin
All the memories
Everything about you . . .
Oh, there’s a pain within my heart . . .
Burns like a flame within my heart
Each day I yearn for you
Like my body it burns for you
So Strong is Desire
So Strong is My Fire
. . . for you . . .
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18. |
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Our Crash… I Have Two Names
(Lyrics: Falcone;
Music for “Our Crash”: Falcone, with Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jones,
Malley, Sherwood, Smith;
Music for “I Have Two Names”: Falcone, with Ellis, Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jeter, Malley, Sherwood)
Doug Erickson: “Our Crash” Intro & Outro FX Guitar,
“I Have Two Names” Guitar Pads & Riffs
Don Falcone: Keyboards, Electronic Drums & Percussion,
“Our Crash” Backing Vocals
Jack Gold-Molina: Acoustic Drums, Cymbals, Djembe
Nigel Mazlyn Jones: “Our Crash” Lead Vocals
Matt Malley: Bass Guitar
Billy Sherwood: Guitar Solos
Judge Smith: “Our Crash” Backing Vocals
Kev Ellis: “I Have Two Names” Lead Vocals
Jerry Jeter: “I Have Two Names” Cavernous Backing Vocals
Your world, my world, let’s collide
Who’s the tin can, who’s the orange?
Peel away — and there we are
We’re dressed and ready for a new year
I’ve got a take on an incoming ship
A two-man crew and they’re going to die
One piece at a time at the go-in rate
It’s Code Blue and on-the-fly
They’re kind of young,
so let’s give them time
To play with speed, to play with space
A miracle here or a bad dream there
To keep hope dangling in their face
This is the rehash, like late night
For people like us,
who hit the first deadline
This is the crash, like snakebite
For people like us who still need a lifeline
I’ve got a stake in this flying mass
And what’s left of this two-man crew
They come with treasures
from their past
They come with baggage of their
futures too
They bring change to my life at last
And not just to my planet’s face
They bring a path for me to cast
Into their sea, into their space . . .
I’ve got an update on our dying bird
It’s first rate and bearing a flame
A sign of the times and lives to come
One light to see through,
to the next frame
I have two names, I have two names
I give two names, I give two names
(in peace or in war)
Step from the light to disappear
So I can see all that’s near
I want to know just for myself
That I can be . . . without your help
I have two names, I have two names
(seem ready for more)
I give two names, I give two names
(in peace or in war)
I show my face, I’ve got no hood
I’ll always be one open book
I hear your words and I reply
So you can know just who am I
I hear your words, I will reply
I hear your words, I will reply
I’ll let you know
I have two names, I have two names
I give two names, I give two names
(in peace or in war)
I hear your words, I will reply
I hear your words, I will reply
I’ll let you know . . .
I have two names — Hawk and Hunter
I have two names
— Hawk and Hunter
I give two names
— Hawk and Hunter
I give two names
— Hawk and Hunter
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Spirits Burning California
Spirits Burning is a music collective led by Don Falcone.
The band celebrate space, prog, new
music, and other genres, and have included input from family members of Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult, Gong, Clearlight, Van Der Graaf Generator, and many other groups.
As of 2024, Spirits Burning have released 18 albums, featuring over 270 musicians.
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